A Eurasian freshwater goby that threatens native species of fish in the Great Lakes and Mississippi basin.
Neogobius melanostomus, family Gobiidae
Example sentencesExamples
Few Great Lakes bird or fish species eat zebras directly, but another Eurasian invader, the round goby, gobbles them up.
Warming of the Great Lakes is likely to cause a seasonal decline in algae, an important food source for fish, and could make the lakes more hospitable to invasive exotic species such as round gobies.
One theory is that zebra mussels and another invasive species, round gobies, may spread contaminants up the food chain.
In Lake Erie, USA, smallmouth bass vigorously defended their nests from benthic round gobies.
As it often eats bivalves that filter the water, the round goby is a vector for bioaccumulation of many contaminants.
Definition of round goby in US English:
round goby
noun
A Eurasian freshwater goby that threatens native species of fish in the Great Lakes and Mississippi basin.
Neogobius melanostomus, family Gobiidae
Example sentencesExamples
Few Great Lakes bird or fish species eat zebras directly, but another Eurasian invader, the round goby, gobbles them up.
One theory is that zebra mussels and another invasive species, round gobies, may spread contaminants up the food chain.
As it often eats bivalves that filter the water, the round goby is a vector for bioaccumulation of many contaminants.
Warming of the Great Lakes is likely to cause a seasonal decline in algae, an important food source for fish, and could make the lakes more hospitable to invasive exotic species such as round gobies.
In Lake Erie, USA, smallmouth bass vigorously defended their nests from benthic round gobies.